Comparing care for breast cancer survivors to non-cancer controls: A five-year longitudinal study

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 469-474

  Snyder, Claire F ^a,b   Frick, Kevin D ^b   Peairs, Kimberly S ^a   Kantsiper, Melinda E ^a   Herbert, Robert J ^b   Blackford, Amanda L ^a   Wolff, Antonio C ^a   Earle, Craig C ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Preventive care; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BONE DENSITY; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; ONCOLOGY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHOLESTEROL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 67649908594     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-0903-2     Document Type: Article

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